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Plotinus Quotes: "Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition."

Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.



Plotinus Quotes: "Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."

Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.




Plotinus Quotes: "Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly."

Knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.



Plotinus Quotes: "You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason."

You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.




Plotinus Quotes: "Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe"

Each one of us is part of the soul of the universe



Plotinus Quotes: "And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone."

And this is the life of the Gods, and of Godlike men, a life without love of the world, a flight of the Alone to the Alone.



Plotinus Quotes: "Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us."

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.




Plotinus Quotes: "We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use."

We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to use.



Plotinus Quotes: "We are not separated from spirit, we are in it."

We are not separated from spirit, we are in it.



Plotinus Quotes: "Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful."

Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.



Plotinus Quotes: "In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical."

In this state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and act of vision have become identical.



Plotinus Quotes: "It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it."

It is precisely because there is nothing within the One that all things are from it.




Plotinus Quotes: "Withdraw into yourself and look."

Withdraw into yourself and look.



Plotinus Quotes: "Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing."

Fear must be entirely banished. The purified soul will fear nothing.



Plotinus Quotes: "Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat."

Never stop working on your statue until the divine glory of virtue shines out on you, until you see self-mastery enthroned upon its holy seat.



Plotinus Quotes: "We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order."

We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order.



Plotinus Quotes: "I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All."

I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.



Plotinus Quotes: "Become vision itself."

Become vision itself.



Plotinus Quotes: "There is one and the same soul in many bodies."

There is one and the same soul in many bodies.



Plotinus Quotes: "All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another."

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.



Plotinus Quotes: "God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so."

God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that He is so.



Plotinus Quotes: "One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all."

One principle must make the universe a single complex living creature, one from all.



Plotinus Quotes: "Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot."

Wherever it lies, under earth or over earth, the body will always rot.



Plotinus Quotes: "The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete."

The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.



Plotinus Quotes: "The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful."

The soul that beholds beauty becomes beautiful.



Plotinus Quotes: "A dogma recognized throughout antiquity... (that) the soul expiates its sins in the darkness of the infernal regions and... afterwards... passes into new bodies, there to undergo new trials."

A dogma recognized throughout antiquity... (that) the soul expiates its sins in the darkness of the infernal regions and... afterwards... passes into new bodies, there to undergo new trials.



Plotinus Quotes: "The world is knowable, harmonious, and good."

The world is knowable, harmonious, and good.



Plotinus Quotes: "It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?"

It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?



Plotinus Quotes: "If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct."

If someone with the right conduct tries to attain to something that lies outside of it, is his goal not the right conduct.



Plotinus Quotes: "Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being."

Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being.



Plotinus Quotes: "Nature is but an image of wisdom, the last thing of the soul; nature being a thing which doth only do, but not know."

Nature is but an image of wisdom, the last thing of the soul; nature being a thing which doth only do, but not know.



Plotinus Quotes: "Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object."

Knowing demands the organ fitted to the object.



Plotinus Quotes: "It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings."

It is in virtue of unity that beings are beings.



Plotinus Quotes: "Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing."

Life here with the things of the earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failing of the wing.



Plotinus Quotes: "[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy"

[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy